Mds Coordinator |Ltc Nursing Administration | Full-Time Day Shift (22414)

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center • Paramus, NJ

12d

About The Position

The MDS Coordinator implements and monitors Medicare, PPS, and managed care programs at the Medical Center. The role supports high-quality resident care while maintaining facility-level efficiencies. The coordinator completes and submits MDS assessments, ensures accurate and timely data entry and transmission, and maintains individualized, person-centered care plans that reflect residents’ current status. The position also supports regulatory compliance, provides guidance to clinical staff on MDS, Quality Indicators, and the Prospective Payment System, and collaborates with care-planning and billing teams.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey.
• MDS and PPS training.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
• IV certification.
• One to two years of prior experience.
• Experience completing MDS assessments.
• Meets regulatory requirements for MDS Prospective Payment System.
• Computer literate.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Speaks, reads, and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Responsibilities

• Open assigned MDS assessments and enter the resident’s name, assessment reference date, and reason for assessment.
• Complete and submit admission, quarterly, annual, and significant-change MDS assessments.
• Review State Department of Health validation reports and correct errors as necessary.
• Transmit MDS data to the State Department of Health after ensuring assessments are edited and locked.
• Develop, update, and maintain individualized, person-centered care plans that reflect residents’ current status.
• Lead or participate in interdisciplinary care plan team meetings.
• Provide the billing department with resource utilization group information for Medicare patients as needed.
• Guide nurse managers, RNs, LPNs, and other clinical staff on MDS, Quality Indicators, and the Prospective Payment System.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with MDS assessments.
• Ensure MDS encoders follow policies and procedures and enter data accurately and promptly.
• Validate supporting documentation for coded items.
• Write or revise departmental policies and procedures as needed, and identify gaps requiring new policies or procedures.
• Stay current with updates to the RAI Manual.
• Maintain customer service standards, including timely, professional, caring, and respectful responses.
• Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Understand and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct and become familiar with its Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Maintain connection with the Department of Health’s MDS automation coordinator.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support department and organizational objectives.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous time-off policy with vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Continuing education programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed